I would have to agree with them. You don't want to take a chance on ruining a primer so keep the oil away. All I am saying is it's not 100% no matter what RCBS says. I know people that tried to kill primers with oil and then treated them like they were dead. They got quite a surprise when some of them were still live.

A while back, I crushed the side of a 45 case and was able to retrieve the bullet and powder. Obviously the case is no good but the primer was. I could not save the primer so I put the bad case at the end of my bb gun and took it outside and POP!!! It was neat, but never found the case to this day.

I sure would be the last person on earth to to try to deprime a live primer wtih my machine. I think it is a stubid idea, dangerous, especially if you have other live primers feeding from a tube into your machine.

When I have a reason to pull the bullet and I want to reload the shell again, I just put the primed case in my gun and pull the trigger. Obviously you only do this once you have removed the bullet and powder. What you basically have is a starter pistol. Then just deprime the case like you would any other fired cases you are reloading.

You should always give the explosive components of reloading the greatest respect, IMHO.

I sure would be the last person on earth to to try to deprime a live primer wtih my machine. I think it is a stubid idea, dangerous, especially if you have other live primers feeding from a tube into your machine.

When I have a reason to pull the bullet and I want to reload the shell again, I just put the primed case in my gun and pull the trigger.

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This is unreasonable. There are reasons that you'd need to remove a primer from a case WITHOUT putting the primed case in your gun and pulling the trigger.
What if one flipped over and became accidentally seated anvil side down??

I read the Dillon link and am curious. They say to squirt oil, WD-40 or CRC into the primer magazine and then throw it away and they will send you a new one. Not being an owner of a Dillon, is this because the jam can't be cleared or is it for some other reason? Are they saying you should toss your brass afterwards as well? Just asking.

This is unreasonable. There are reasons that you'd need to remove a primer from a case WITHOUT putting the primed case in your gun and pulling the trigger.
What if one flipped over and became accidentally seated anvil side down??

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Toss the unprimed case out (oil can it), don't fool around with it. It is not worth the risk, IMHO, especially one that is loaded reversed. Your depriming rod will be working exactly the same way as a firing pin. In my way of thinking, a primer is nothing but a miniature hand-grenade, a very sensitive one, something to be very careful when handling.

If you are that worried about it then pull the bullets and powder and put the empty back in your firearm and try to ignite the primer by pulling the trigger. If they don't fire then you can either throw the case out or deprime. Your choice.

Toss the unprimed case out (oil can it), don't fool around with it. It is not worth the risk, IMHO, especially one that is loaded reversed. Your depriming rod will be working exactly the same way as a firing pin. In my way of thinking, a primer is nothing but a miniature hand-grenade, a very sensitive one, something to be very careful when handling.

Toss the unprimed case out (oil can it), don't fool around with it. It is not worth the risk, IMHO, especially one that is loaded reversed. Your depriming rod will be working exactly the same way as a firing pin. In my way of thinking, a primer is nothing but a miniature hand-grenade, a very sensitive one, something to be very careful when handling.

Always wear safety glasses when working around primers or with any other reloading activity.

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DGG quick question. I have read posts where people have had primers go off while being seated in the case. Is that less dangerous than when depriming them? If not then should we all stop reloading because of the chance of a primer going off while being seated? And what about the Dillon guys that have had a primer go off while being seated and set off the whole primer tube. After all if a primer is like a hand grenade then a primer tube full must be close to a small nuke. If you don't like to punch out live primers then I respect your decision. For a lot of us it is perfectly safe and we have no problem with it. I don't think that makes either of us stupid.

Whoa! What Dillon guys? The tube is a full 1.5" away from the seater. How is that even possible?? Dillon says absolutely not.
Does anyone have a credible link to anyone who has ever had a primer detonation while seating with a press? (Without any odd tapping or tapping)
In all the years I've done it, I simply wrap a towel around the bottom of the press and use the decapper slowly. In many dozens of rounds I've never had one iginit. The primer anvil is the other direction.

Whoa! What Dillon guys? The tube is a full 1.5" away from the seater. How is that even possible?? Dillon says absolutely not.
Does anyone have a credible link to anyone who has ever had a primer detonation while seating with a press? (Without any odd tapping or tapping)
In all the years I've done it, I simply wrap a towel around the bottom of the press and use the decapper slowly. In many dozens of rounds I've never had one iginit. The primer anvil is the other direction.

Thahnks for the links Rusty. Its the 650. We have 550s and no experience with the 650 operation. Pretty amazing stuff. I was thinking about a 650 but now I'll have to see an operator's schematic first.
Thanks again.

I sure would be the last person on earth to to try to deprime a live primer wtih my machine. I think it is a stubid idea, dangerous, especially if you have other live primers feeding from a tube into your machine.

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Most experienced reloaders I know call that MACHINE a press. Thought you would like to know so you wouldn't sound stubid

I just put the primed case in my gun and pull the trigger. Obviously you only do this once you have removed the bullet and powder. What you basically have is a starter pistol. Then just deprime the case like you would any other fired cases you are reloading.

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If you had read what the original poster had said you would have realized that he had tried firing the round a number of times and the primer wouldn't ignite. That being the case there is no reason to suppose that your solution would work.

You should always give the explosive components of reloading the greatest respect, IMHO.

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I don't really think that someone who comes here and posts that what other people are doing is stubid (your word not mine) has the right to be saying "In My Humble Opinion" because the post itself smacks of arrogance.

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